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This poem was posted last year on the blog (with minor changes),but since I’m waiting again, it seemed pertinent. Again. WaitingWhen I’m anticipatingA certain answerSomething cringesWhile I’m waiting The moment tension’s abatingOver that caller IDOr a specific emailThat I’ve been awaiting There’s no sense understatingThe emotional swirlWhen the answer comesAfter many weeks waiting My heart’s …
If you want to be a published author, get used to waiting. You can wait for up to six months to hear back from queries. Even if you take the indie publishing path, you’ll wait on cover designs, edits and approval of your uploaded files. I used to hate waiting. Okay, I’m still not a …
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Half my face is covered. You see Not the best of me If you even look closely To discover what’s behind the mask My eyes might not show fear Still you don’t draw near No one leans in to hear What’s going on behind the mask Is that a glare? Or only a stare? Some …
This month, I’ve been participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. My only goal was to write 500 words per day. My challenge was to ignore the lack of a muse and put words on paper no matter what. Overall, I’ve met the challenge. I’ve managed to create some decent writing on many days. Amidst the blogs, flash …
I write poems from time to time. I’m not a poet. I don’t have the soul of a poet or the intuition to feel and relay “universal suffering” in my words. Sometimes, though, I can make rhyme and rhythm into something relatively relateable. You might guess from recent posts, that I’m struggling with some hard …
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